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Lincoln writes to Eliza Browning, who is the wife of
State Senator Orville H. Browning, of Quincy, Illinois. Lincoln reveals mixed
emotions about a failed courtship. A female friend proposed a match between
Lincoln and her sister Mary S. Owens, of Kentucky. Owens, Lincoln writes, "did
not look as my immagination had pictured her." Out of a sense of "honor," he
resigned himself to the arrangement. Lincoln was "verry unexpectedly . . .
mortified" when Owens refused his "proposal." He resolves to remain single
because "I can never be satisfied with any one who would be block-head enough
to have me."Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Orville H.
Browning, 1 April 1838, CW,
1:117-19.

Lincoln files a bond for costs signed by Joseph Smith and J. P. Anderson in
Cannon v. Kenney in the Sangamon
County Circuit Court. Stuart & Lincoln represent the plaintif in the case which
involves the possession of a sorrel horse worth $65.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Stuart and Douglas attend the spring court sessions of the first judicial
circuit. They debate this week during meeting of the Greene County Circuit Court at
Carrollton. R. W. English, Usher F. Linder, Edward D. Baker, and Stephen T. Logan are
among the other attorneys attending court.Sangamo Journal, 21 April 1838.]

Lincoln writes and signs a notice to take depositions for McNair v. Adams, a case before the
Sangamon County Circuit Court. The notice includes questions to be put to witnesses in
the state of New York.Herndon-Weik Collection, Library
of Congress, Washington, DC.

The Tazewell County Circuit Court convenes at Tremont. The Sangamo Journal of April 28, 1838, comments: "Our business
last week called us to Tremont during the sitting of the circuit court, Judge Thomas
presiding. There were about 220 cases on the docket—all of which were disposed
of in 4½ days."Sangamo Journal, 28 April 1838.

Lincoln writes and files the administrator's report for Benjamin Kellogg
Jr., the administrator of Lewis F. Crain, deceased, in Ex parte Kellogg, a case to sell real estate. The judge issued
a final decree during the fall 1837 term of the Tazewell County Circuit Court.Record; Photocopy.